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Joined Up Thinking
How to Connect Everything to Everything Else
- Authors: Stevyn Colgan
- Category: Non-fiction Other / General Pop Culture
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan (UK)
- Pub date: 3 October 2008
- Length: 249 pages
About Joined Up Thinking
I found myself fascinated and somewhat dizzy. Most impressive
– Stephen Fry
The book that nails that odd, slightly unnerving feeling that everything really is connected
– John Mitchinson, author of QI: The Book of General Ignorance
Ever had the sneaking suspicion that everything in the world is connected in some small, secret way? Welcome to the next generation of trivia book: six degrees of information…
What is the connection between pancakes, a headless chicken called Mike and a delicious round of moths on toast? Discover why giant sloths, Christopher Columbus and avocados are mysteriously linked; and why you might think twice the next time you’re offered a dip of guacamole…
What is the link between the Sex Pistols and crude oil; between Isaac Newton, Pink Floyd and a suicidal dwarf on the set of The Wizard of Oz? What is Scooby-Doo’s real name, and why should you make a point of avoiding armadillos? You’ll find out the answers to these questions and a whole lot more in JOINED-UP THINKING. Each chapter of the book begins with a fascinating piece of information, spins a dizzying web of connected facts and, with a spine-tingling final flourish, brings the loop full circle. So open up the book, begin at the beginning – and end at the beginning…
JOINED-UP THINKING is set to be a UK Christmas bestseller with numerous Christmas promotions: it is the Bookseller’s October top title for Christmas gift books; and is one of only three Macmillan books to be featured in the nationwide independent booksellers association Christmas catalogue; WHSmiths have confirmed it in their hardback Front of Store promotion; Waterstones in their ‘Humour Plus Front of Store’ slot; Borders in their ‘Gift and Humour’ promotion; Tesco in their Gift and Humour promotion; and finally Amazon, who will promote it within the Humour section of its listings.